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E. D. cAMPBEL-L- GLASS CONTAINER BX'CAR Filed Dec. 12, 19234 4`sheexs-sneet 4 ffm/wn Patented Feb. 8, 1927.

UNITED STA'I'ES 1,616,605 PATENT OFFICE.

EDMUND D. CAMPBELL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAR AND FOUNDRY COMPANY, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y..

A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

GLASS-CONTAINER BOX CAR.

Application ined necembtr 12. 1924. semi No. 755,491.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken through a box car along the line 1-1 of Fig. 2 and showing the improved glass containers mounted in a box car;

. I Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken along line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional View taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken through a lower protecting pocket and showing the manner in which the sheets of glass fit into the pocket, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing sheets of glass protected by the improved pockets.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved glass may be safely packed and shipped from one point to another in a freight car" without danger of the glass becoming broken when the freight car is passing over rough roads or is suddenly brought to a stop or started with a jolt. y

Another object of the invention is to so construct the rack which forms a portion of this invention that a number of packages of plateglass or other breakable substance may be placed in this rack and securely held against vertical or longitudinal movement in the rack.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the rack that the frames containing the glass may be easily slid longitudinally into or out of the rackand these frames of glass securely held in place by cross bars which extend in front of the frames and will be drawn into tight engagement with the frames.l f

Another object of theA invention is to so construct the rack that it may be built into a box car of an ordinary construction and divided into a plurality of compartments extending longitudinally of the box car for receiving the glass containing frames.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved type of frame for receiving a number of sheets of glass and retaining these sheets of glass in close face to face contact with each other, with protecting pockets placed upon the upper and end portions of the glass and `drawn tightly into place so that the glass will be well protected and permitted'of being handled with-- out danger of being broken.

construction whereby plate' lower Y It has been found difficult to ship plateglass -in freight cars without the glass becoming broken and therefore there has been provided an improved rack which will be built into a freight car of an ordinary construction and an improved frame to be fitted upon sheets of glass which are assembled in block formation and will be securely held in the rack built inthe freight ear. This freight car which is indicated in general'by.

the numeral 1 is of a conventional construction and will preferably be of the side door type but may be of the end door type. In the forni specifically illustrated the freight car is of the side door type and between the side door and each end of the car a rack will be built. These racks will be of identical construction and therefore only one has been illustrated. This rack is provide-d with lower beams 2 which extend longitudinally of the box car aiid will rest upon the floor of the box car. Each beam is formed of upper and lower sections 3 and 4 which have their meeting edge faces recessed to provide sockets for rotatably receiving the trunnions at the ends ofthe rollers 5. These rollers' are disposed in spaced relation Ato' each other longitudinally of the rack, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 so that the glass containing frames may be easily slid into and out of the compartments or slidewavs of the rack. Standards 6 extend upwardly from the lower beams 2 in spaced relation to each other longitudinally of therack and have their upper ends suitably secured to longitudinally extending bars 7 between which extend cross bars 8 which serve to brace the rack transversely of the box car. It will therefore be seen that this improved rack may' be easily built into a box car of the ordinary construction and each rack will extend from an` end of the box car to a point adjacent the center door and will occupy the box car for the full distance between the side walls of the car. The packages of glass are to be slid into the compartments of the rack and securely held against sliding movement longitudinally in the box car and therefore there have been provided draw bolts9 which are loosely connected with the eyes `10 of the bearing plates 11. These bearing plates are secured upon the upper edge faces of the floor engaging beams 2 so that the draw bolts9 may extend longitudinally of the beams 2 with their threaded free ends extending through openings formed in the cross bars or clamping bars 12 which will be `disposed transversely in the frame and will rest upon the upper edges of the floor engaging beams. Recesses 13 are provided in these crossbars 12 to recelve the extended ends of the bolts 9 and securing nuts 14, and bearing plates 15 are provided in these recesses for engagement by the securing nuts 14 to prevent danger of the securing nuts wearing the cross bar and possibly working through the cross bar.

The sheets of glass 16 which are to be shipped will be placed in face to face contact,

-f as shown in Fig. 4, thereby providing a stack of glass sheets which when secured together, at any rate, will present a block formation, as shown in Fig. 5. glass is to be protected against danger of being easily broken when handled and during the time that the glass is being shipped from one point to another. Therefore there has been provided a protecting packing frame which includes as principal structural members upper and lower pockets or caps 17' which fit upon the upper and lower end portions of the stack of glass and will be drawn tightly into place and secured by adjustable connecting means. Each of these pockets is of the same construction and therefore only one will be described in detail. Referring to Figs. 4Yand 5 and particularly to Fig. 4` it will be'seen that each pocket is provided with an outer casing 18 which is formed of heavy sheet metal. This casing is formed as a rectangular box which is open at one side so that the pocket may be moved onto the stack of glass. In order to reinforce this casing 18 there has been provided a lining. This lining is formed of thick strips of Wood and includes a strip 19 fitting against the head of the casing, side strips 2() which fit against the side walls of the casing and end strips 21 which fit againstthe end walls of the casing'and between-the' side strips 20. These strips of woodfserve to greatly reinforce the metal casing 13 but must be covered with a soft -material so that the glass mayfit snugly .in thcpockets and be prevented from contacting with a hard surface which might cause the sheets of glass to be broken.

:'lherefore the lining strips have been covered with padding 22 formed of leather, felt oiany other suitable material. The padding strip 19 will be thicker than the padding the strips 20 and 21 as the stack of glass will rest4 upon the padding provided upon the head' of the lower pocket and these edges of the. sheets of glass-must be .well protected. It will readily beseen that if a thick pad were not provided at this point the Weight of the glass might cause the sheets to cut through the padding. The lglass would then have direct contact witlrthe wooden This stack or block ofv provided against lining strip 19 and would be liable to be' broken.

After the pockets are put in place they are to be drawn towards each other so that they will be held tightly upon the stack of glass and in order to do so there has been provided connecting means ateach end of the stack of glass. Each of these connecting means consists of a pair of rods 23 which are loosely Connected with the eyes 24 of the bracket 25. These brackets 25 are secured upon the endsvof the casing 18 and the rods 23 which are in the form of el0ngated eye bolts will be extended towards each other and engaged by the turn buckle 2G so thatby rotating the turn buckles in the proper direction, the two pockets may be drawn towards each other and firmly seated upon the stack of glass and held in place. The stack of glass will therefore be protected by a frame formed of the pockets and connection means. The stacks of glass can therefore be readily handled and moved into the compartments of the rack built in the box car. After the glass has been put in place the U-shaped clamp strips 27 will be put in place upon the upper edges of the lower floor engaging beams 2 with the end portions 28 of their arms extending in overhanging relation to the lower pockets. The securing bolts 29 will then be tightened so that the clamps 27 will be drawn downwardly into tight engagement with the lower pockets of the glass receiving frames. Therefore the glass receiving` frames will be securely held clamped down in place as against vertical movement. Before the ynuts of the securing bolts 29 are tightened the cross bars 12 will be put in place with the eye bolts 9 extending through the crossl bars and the nuts 14 of these eye bolts willl then be tightened so that the cross bars will be ward ends of the lower pockets. This willY vwardly a; far as possible,in the box `car and securely heldagainst return movement. It will thus bc seen that when the clamps 27 and cross bars'are.' tightened the packages of glass will besecurely held in place and cannot be jolt-ed as a car moves over a rough road or by* jolts received when a car is brought to a sudden stop or started with a jolt. From an inspection of Fig. 1 it will be seen that a number of packages of'glass may be placed in the rack and while these may be made up of sheets of glass which will form packages of varying dimensions, this variation in size willnot prevent all of the packages from being securely held in place. It is essential, however, that all the packages in a row transversely ofthe car be of the same length so that they may all be engaged at their forward ends by asingle cross bar, as shown in Fig. 3.

`drawn into tight engagement with the for- While it is stated that this structure is to be used for packing and shipping sheets of plate glass andthe like it isobvious that the same method could be employed in packing and shipping other materialof .a block that the plates of glass a're positioned in engagement with each other, or could `consist of asingle slab-or block such as marble andl the like which'is liable to have the corner portions broken if it is notproperly-packed and is" roughly handled.

Therefore it is to be understood that the' right is reservedto make use of this appa'- 'ratus inf'packing and shipping any material which may be assembled 1n a block like formation or of itself have a block like contour.

What is claimed is; 1. Apparatus for shipping material in block formation comprising packing frames for the several blocks. and a rack with means for frames.

2. A paratus for shipping material in f block ormation comprising packing frames for the several blocks, a rack affording slideways for the several packed blocks, and .clamp means for engaging structural members of said frames and thereby clamping the blocks down in .place in the slid'eways.

3. In a' structure of the character \de scribed, a rack, a material receiving frame tting in said rack in a vertical position and movable longitudinally into and outof the frame, a cross bar for extending transversely in ltherack in front of said frame, and means for clamping said cross bar against said frame land reventing Amovemerlt of Vthe 'frame longltudinally in the rac f 4. In a structure of -the "character described, a rack, a material receiving frame fitting in lsaid rack in a .vertical position and movable longitudinallyinto andout of the fra-me, ajcross 'bar 'for extendingtransversely in the rack infront ofsaid frame, and securing bolts carried by said. rack and passing through said cross bar for vdrawing the cross bar into engagement. `with 1 the frame to prevent longitudinalmovement of the frame.

5. In a structure of the character described, a rack having Avertical partitions dividing the rack into com artments for receiving material in bloc formation and supporting the material in an upright position, and means carried .by sai partitions for preventing movementof the material lengthwise of the compartments.

6. In -a structure ofthe character described, a rack having Avertical partitions dividing the rack into compartments for rece'iving material in block formation and securing the several packingA supporting the material in an-l upright position, and means carried by said partitions for securing the block formations by their lower portions against vertical movement of the material in thecompartments.

7. In a structure 'of the character described, a rack having vertical partitions dividing the rack into compartments for receiving material in block formation and supporting the material in an upright position, and clamp means disposed transversely vupon said partitions and extending into the compartments for engaging material placed therein and preventlng vertical movement of the material.

8. In a structure of the` character described, a rack having vertical partitions dividing the rack into' compartments for receiving materialin block formation and supporting the material in an upright position, and U-shaped clamps adjustably secured upon said partitions in upright transverse relation thereto andhaving their arms` provided with angularly disposed end portions extending into the compartments for engaging material placed therein and preventing vertical movement of the material.

9. In a lstructure of the character described, a rack having vertical partitions dividing therack into 'compartments for receiving .material in block formation and supportin the material in an upright povsition, an means carried by said partitions for. preventing longitudinal movement of the material when placed in the compartments in a-set position.v v

10. In a structure of the character, .de

scribed,'"af` rack having vertical partitions dividing thev rack into compartments for receiving material in block formation and supporting the material in'an upright position, a cross bar for extending transversely through said rack in front of material through said rack in front of Y materialv placed .in said compartments, and draw bolts carried by said partitions and passing through said cross bar for drawin the cross bar into engagement with material in the compartments and preventing longitudinal movement of the material.

12. In a structure of the character described, a -rack having vertical partitions, dividing the rack into compartments for receiving material in block formation and supporting the material in an upright positlon, a cross bar for extending transversely through said 'rack in front of material placed in said compartments,f and draw bolts pivot-ally connected with said partitions and adapted to be disposed longitudinally of the partitions and projected through said cross bar for drawing the cross bar into engagement with material and preventing movement of the material longitudinally in the compartments.

13. Apparatus for shipping material in block formation comprising protective caps and means for securing them together on opposite ends of the blocks7 a rack affording slideways for the capped blocks, and means :tor engaging the caps and thereby holding the blocks in place in the slideways.

14. Apparatus for shipping material in block formation comprising protective caps and means for securing them on the loWei.` ends of the blocks, a rack affording slideways for the capped blocks,and securing means for engaging said caps and thereby holding the blocks down -as Well as against displacement along the slideways.

v In Witness whereof l have hereunto set my hand.

EDMUND D.V CAMPBELL. 

